With fear and trepidation, I entered Mohegan Sun Arena Sunday night, fearful that the deity of my rock ‘n’ roll formative years had become a lame and tame version of Phil Collins post-Genesis, or even worse, “Fat Elvis” minus the sequins and polyester jumpsuit. Instead, that sexy snake dancing dervish known as Axl Rose was back in full...

Celebrity chef Robert Irvine is heading to Anna Maria’s in Dunmore Saturday night to shoot an episode of his fabulous Food Network series ‘Restaurant Impossible.’ Sadly, getting a reservation to be part of the reality TV event is what’s really impossible. Believe me, I tried. Sixteen times. Over two days. Still, gatecrashing is an Olympic...

First Friday once again provided the perfect backdrop last weekend for a fabulous night of barhopping and window shopping in Scranton’s glorious downtown. Yours truly started out the night’s festive festivities at a very happy happy hour of the philanthropic kind. Whiskey Dick’s- owned by that fine chap Gregory Evans – played host with...

While some may take pleasure in the glory known as fall foliage in these parts, I can’t help but delight in another type of ornamental shrubbery that occurs every fall in downtown Scranton: The celebrated TP’ing of trees lining the corridor around The University of Scranton. This year, once again, the Charmin flowed like erupting lava out on Mulberry...

The Waverly homestead of Val and Jerry Calpin is attracting more than just drive-by tourist traffic thanks to their “unique” Halloween display: a dozen life-sized clowns scattered throughout the front lawn in what appears to be a sinister homage to Stephen King’s Pennywise or perhaps even John Wayne Gacy. Creepy! Anyhoots, Comedy...

That glamour puss of all things ghoulish – Dorothy Dietrich – chalked up yet another national television appearance under her sequined belt this week, this time on the Travel Channel’s “Mysteries at the Museum.” The pretty purveyor of Scranton’s celebrated Houdini Museum provided expert input on the TV segment this past...

One local headline deemed her performance a "disappointment," while another proclaimed her act a "stellar show." Still, no matter what the papers contrarily penned about the sold-out concert of uber celebrity Diana Ross at the FM Kirby Center Friday night, one thing’s for sure: concert goers fell in love with the diminutive diva all...

WNEP-TV’s dapper Dave Bohman snagged the lone local Emmy during this past Saturday night’s 29th annual mid-Atlantic awards ceremony held at the chic and swell Loews Hotel down Philadelphia way. Not one to miss the chance to infiltrate the velvet-roped sanctum of a celebrity-infused soiree, yours truly showed up brandishing a counterfeit ticket which...

WNEP-TV has lost a first-string anchor now that the uber pretty and eternally perky Paola Giangiacomo has forever left the building with nary a glance over her sexy shoulder. Say it isn’t so, Paola. Say it isn’t so! Apparently, the marvelous mommy of bouncing baby boys Alec and Maddox – who are both under the age of two – tried to cut her...

Luzerne County residents were screaming H2-Oh no! this past week thanks to the mighty Susquehanna overflowing its banks once again. The dizzying disaster not only affected flood weary homeowners and businesses, though. The local media was also sent into a soggy spiral with The Times Leader having to relocate its newsroom to the Host Inn on Kidder Street. The...